The Overlord finds the cookie sales are being used by Doris to earn money from the tooth fairy (the cookies cause children's teeth to fall out).

The organization's guidelines on cookie sales speak of "honor" when addressing Internet sales to insure that "competition is fair," and that "sales are made locally."

Several Girl Scout councils partnered with PayAnywhere, to allow troops to accept credit card payments for their 2013 cookie sales.

Individual Girl Scout councils decide when during the year to hold cookie sales.

The cookie sales themselves date back to the 1920's, when no bakeries were needed.

And although Keebler is in the relatively defensive food industry, if the economy cools enough, cookie sales may taper off.

The Scouts paid for these activities through cookie sales and a soda-can recycling project.

But the essence of cookie sales is still on the ground.

Many Parent-Teacher Associations confine their efforts to annual cookie sales for new hockey jerseys.

He and his co-leader, Sharman Propp, have led the girls through craft activities and annual cookie sales, but also have taken on some less-traditional projects.